{"product_id":"admissions-life-as-a-brain-surgeon-9781250190024","title":"Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eInternational Bestseller, and a Kirkus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of 2017 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Marsh has retired, which means he's taking a thorough inventory of his life. His reflections and recollections make \u003ci\u003eAdmissions \u003c\/i\u003ean even more introspective memoir than his first, if such a thing is possible.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Disarmingly frank storytelling...his reflections on death and dying equal those in Atul Gawande's excellent \u003ci\u003eBeing Mortal\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the publication of his celebrated \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eDo No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, Marsh retired from his full-time job in England to work pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal. In \u003ci\u003eAdmissions\u003c\/i\u003e he describes the difficulties of working in these troubled, impoverished countries and the further insights it has given him into the practice of medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarsh also faces up to the burden of responsibility that can come with trying to reduce human suffering. Unearthing memories of his early days as a medical student, and the experiences that shaped him as a young surgeon, he explores the difficulties of a profession that deals in probabilities rather than certainties, and where the overwhelming urge to prolong life can come at a tragic cost for patients and those who love them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting on what forty years of handling the human brain has taught him, Marsh finds a different purpose in life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250190024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Henry Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648670691484,"sku":"9781250190024","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9d60ee96-e467-4f18-912a-6d2086fc852f.jpg?v=1603870707","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/admissions-life-as-a-brain-surgeon-9781250190024","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}